Genesis 34:8

The Passion Translation

But Hamor tried to defuse the situation, saying, “Listen, my son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please, give her to him in marriage.

Cross References

Psalm 119:20

I am continually consumed by these irresistible longings, these cravings to obey your every commandment!

Psalm 84:2

Deep within me are these lovesick longings, desires and daydreams of living in union with you. When I’m near you, my heart and my soul will sing and worship with my joyful songs of you, my true source and spring of life!

Psalm 63:1

O God of my life, I’m lovesick for you in this weary wilderness. I thirst with the deepest longings to love you more, with cravings in my heart that can’t be described. Such yearning grips my soul for you, my God!

Genesis 34:3

His heart was drawn to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, so he sought to win her affection and spoke tenderly to her.

Genesis 34:7

During their conversation, Jacob’s sons came in from the field, and they heard the report of what Shechem had done to their sister Dinah. They were shocked and furious over the shameful act Shechem committed against Israel —a criminal act of sexual assault that never should have happened.

Genesis 34:9

Let’s allow our people to intermarry. Let your daughters marry our sons, and we will let our daughters marry your sons.

Jeremiah 22:27

Your people will be in exile and will not return to the land to which they yearn to come back.